Refund -- Interest rate - Non-delivery of possession of house - Compensation - Appellant's plea for interest at the higher rate of 24% p.a. and compensation of Rs.1,63,400/- on account of rent paid and Rs.100000/- as compensation on account of mental agony and harassment - No force in the plea - Interest @ 18% p.a. on an amount of Rs.18,664.80p awarded by the District..........
Housing -- Non-delivery of possession - Enhanced price - Refund - District Forum rightly directed Authorities to return the amount deposited by the complainant alongwith interest...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Jurisdiction - Cheque signed by petitioner at Salem - Cheque amount was to be paid at Salem - Cheque was to be sent to Varanasi for collection purpose but the encashment had to take place at Salem - Held, cause of action wholly arose at Salem and no part of cause of action arose at Varanasi - Allahabad..........
Insurance policy -- Death of the assured by fall in well while coming on bicycle at night - Accident benefit denied on the ground that assured at the time of fall in the well was under the influence of intoxicating liquor - Only post mortem report placed on record which recorded that smell of alcohol was coming out of stomach material - The Autopsy Surgeon did not give..........
Plot allotment -- Possession not delivered even after six years of deposit of money - Direction by the District Forum to deliver the possession of plot allotted or in the alternative another plot with interest at the rate of 18% p.a. on the amount deposited with escalation cost of construction of Rs. 25,000 and to pay Rs. 20,000 on account of mental and physical harassment..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 13 -- FDR - Complicated and disputed questions of fact - Non release of amount of FDR in the name of complainant who was minor at the time of deposit since the lien was marked on the FDR in question - Held that it is not such a lis which can be determined and decided by the Forum as complicated and disputed question of facts are..........
Compensation -- Housing - Contract of water proofing of overhead tank and two rooms - Deficiency in service - Petitioner-Complainant alleging that respondents did not carry out the terms of the contract despite taking Rs.7,500/- as fee - Claiming Rs.2,35,372/- as damages for getting things redone in his house - No evidence has been shown as to how much amount complainant..........
Plot allotment -- Deficiency in service - Refund - Plot allotted in 1991 and all instalments deposited excepting a sum of Rs. 8,000/- HUDA was bound to handover the possession after two years of allotment - Non providing of agreed amenities - Complaint seeking refund of the deposited amount - Held that since it is not a case of voluntary surrender of the plot but the..........
Housing -- Refund - Deficiency in service - Petitioner-Complainant making payment of Rs.1,15,110/- on 27.2.1997 for booking of flat - Later on seeking refund - On 30.11.1998 an amount of Rs,1,14,000/- was refunded after deduction of administrative charges - Complainant claiming interest on the amount originally paid and compensation for escalation in price of flat - Since..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125(3) -- Maintenance - Recovery - Limitation - Amount for May, 1997 became due in June, 1997 - Application for recovery filed on 2.6.1998 - Order of recovery for payment from May, 1997 to May, 1998 is neither illegal nor perverse...........
